"Llorona"

"Llorona"

Cry,
The lady formed.
Brutally scorned.
Many centuries ago
the legend was born.

A woman of beauty
dressed in white.
Fell prey to a man
who had her in sight.
Convinced her of marriage
and to treat her right.
Showed only true love
on the wedding night.

Throughout the marriage
he had a mistress.
Left his wife,
blamed their child of stress.
She drowned her baby
in a watery mess.
In hopes of their love
and all the best.

As she walked away
her tears were formed.
She felt a loss
her heart was torn.
She rushed to the river
loving her child even more.
But never found him
and began to mourn.

Uncertain of what happened
or what came next.
It’s said she cried
till her death.
Has haunted the river
of her child’s last breath,
and weeps and searches,
till not a river is left.

Llorona’s ghost,
has been seen.
Throughout centuries,
under nightly gleam.
We’ve been warned
before goodnight dreams.
Beware of La Llorona,
and the horror she brings!